Midnight Gems Europapa Special - "Where are my Douze Hive Points going?"
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For those who did not notice I like music, a lot. And I like a lot of different kinds of music.... I guess by the title you already know where I am going don´t you Dear Reader?
It´s that time of year, Euro(guilty pleasure)vision time. Although I think the guilty pleasure days are behind us. It´s truly a spectacle that brings a bit of everything.
Many Eurovision artists have been featured in My Midnight Gems sessions before and I did another special once before.
But this is the first time I will give points for Hivians. Following the rules I can give away 1-8 points and then 10 & 12 points
Starting with the song that is gonna get the first ever point:
One Point - Portugal - Iolanda - Grito
You don´t get points for being cute but it helps, but that voice and that bombastic built up. Well, you know me I am a sucker for epic-sounding songs.
Two Points - Czechia - Aiko - Pedestal jj
It has a bit that TaTu vibe, mixed with a bit of Breeders while she looks like Courtney from Hole.
Not Bad at all!
Three Points - Belgium - Mustii - Before the Party's Over
Of course, my dearly beloved Belgium deserves a place and Mustii is really just a bit different while still sounding sort of normal. Great over-the-top tune but why then only 3 points??
Four Points - Greece - Marina Satti - Zari
Live she was not that great so she dropped a bit in my list but I love this song. The combination of club, Arabic, and Greek makes me hungry. This would (almost) get me dancing!
Five Points - Ukraine - Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria
But does it beat this bombastic and beautiful mix of modern and classic sounds? I know this is no political concert but I have the feeling that since the war I really learned the difference between Russian and Ukrainian tongue.
Six Points San Marino - Megara - 11:11
Well probably because the Party ain't over till this lady sings. Damn, this is a blast, normally we laugh at San Marino but this is Rock & Roll again maybe I need to move this up a notch.
Seven Points - Switzerland - Nemo - The Code
This was just crazy good, that guy moves, sings, and makes this blasting song sound easy. This is the stuff I watch this festival for.
Eight Points - Croatia - Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim
Okay four points for his name and song title, I love Pirate Metal and Rammstein so this hits home. And Whooo Ooooh that Chorus.
Ten Points - Norway - Gate - Ulveham
I almost got bored and then it happened, Bjork meets a bit of Goth Metal, and that Kate Bush witching feel. This has it all for me, what can be better than Gate?
#### Douze Points - Ireland - Bambie Thug - DoomsdayCall yourself Bambi and sing the Doomsday blues dressed up as a wicked witch bitch, those who follow my Midnight Gems should have seen this coming.
This is three minutes of pure joy, that grabbed me, pulled me in, and didn´t let me go....even not in my dreams...nightmares.
I just can´t get enough please let this be #1 in 2024!
Encore
I am still Dutch at heart so I hope he wins but not allowed to give my own country points. I am going out with a Bang, or better put many bang bang Bangs.
Not everyone made it, sorry Belgium.
But My Top 5 is through to the final, and only 3/11 I liked did not make it.
What The Fluff does that say about me, and my taste in Music? Or has Televoting Europe a better taste than expected?
And remember no politics, so why did Israel get 37% of the votes in Italy?
Youtube Playlist.
All these gems were added to this week´s YouTube playlist.
All Midnight Gems Playlist can be found here
Spotify Playlist:
The Spotify playlist might not capture the whole show but is meant to represent it as well as Spotify makes it possible:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Td75wUW5WS4cbpIAC5gf4
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Guess What, my riddle was so easy and still @Bozz had no problem with the timezone to snatch up the boost and the honor!
What the fluff is Midnight Gems?
Somewhere lost in time, trying to escape out of the rabbit hole back into the rat race there is a vacuum..... that´s the place where midnight gems are found.
My Midnight Gems will try to uncover & recover those beautiful songs that nobody ever noticed or might have been forgotten.
Who the fluff am I?
Being a former DJ playing about everything and having an uncompleted study of radio journalism. I have been wanting to do this for years...Thought about it many nights and guess now it´s time to finally take it to the streets.
Hope you enjoyed this well-known wave of fantastic music and that you still feel like joining me on the next Midnight Gems Session coming soon.
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owwwwwk ... great round you did there... you made me listen to parts of each track/song you reviewed and shared. I don't want to sound negative - or something - but why are all songs with this somewhat simply electronics music rhythms and sound? Voices are not in the foreground where they should be. The quality of voices gets lost as well, or the quality isn't too high? Would this all be because of live recording? Is the sound engineer not properly doing his/her job?
oopsy ... I do (did) sound negative, quite negative.. sry... I better my life
I do hope you're wishes become true and the Dutch guy is going to make it to the top in the grand finale. The bookies don't seem to think so anymore, but what do they know?
NJOY the remainder of this year's Song Festival.
Did not want to bring that up but especially last night it was terrible. And with the first two/3 bands I was like what a mess live but it was the sound engineer or the way they captured it. Really sad because I listened to the recorded versions to do some prep and it was sooo noticeable. Hoping it will be better on Saturday, and well our little Dutch guy ended #2 place after Israel in the Italian voting so I think he might be fine....
What do those boomer Bookies know !LOLZ
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uhm ... This afternoon a message came in stating something along the lines of our Dutchie guy wasn't allowed to do a prep round today. you must know what the situation is, or are we all left in the dark still?
Sound engineers, we can't live with but also not without them 😜
I always have an issue with those guys.
And yes our Dutch dude is part of an investigation seems he got physical with a journalist. Or at least that's the most acceptable rumor flying around. Police just arrived at the scene 10 hours after the fact 😂
X is full of blablapapa they will probably say the Mossad is behind it all.
but but but ... what the crap!?
Police?! ...it was just a gesture of not being happy to be on camera while he asked plenty of times not to be filmed? The Swedes (is that the correct spelling?) hate us. Darn, I have Swedish friends. But they hate us!
Orrrr ... is this organisation not Swedish? ... Likely ... Likely a bunch of Europeans running the show ... Owwwk, the whole of Europe hates us 😅😅😅 What did we do?
Mossad, maybe, could be. We have too many proponents for Palestine in our country 🍺
Well it was the most exciting Eurovision ever even before the final started, this was unexpectedly diverse and inclusive for too many reasons
Next time perhaps not a band, a singer ... but a DJ?
I know one! 😁
It was a crazy shitshow..... shitshows😁
Oh and btw I saw a few of your comments lately and was glad to see your back writing Essay Comments missed that !!!
not sure if I am back, but I felt I needed to add some content to blocks that are produced all day long 😅 and in the meantime, annoy a bit of peeps here and there with my books 😅 glad you like them 🙇
Well I always enjoy your books and sometimes they actually make me think 🤔...
Although I doubt if that is their purpose
Am glad to have this effect on you.
I don't necessarily have a purpose for my posts and comments, but I guess I like to bring something meaningful. I do like the discussion as well. And I strongly believe everything has so many dimensions that (almost) everything can be debated if it is right, wrong, or anything in between. I used to - in a past life - create discussions all the time by playing the opposite role, no matter what topic, no matter what role I had to take. Seem to do this less. Not so many can deal with such Edje 😅
NJOY this bloody sunny Sunday! 🎶
Sunny All Over Europe indeed..... it´s a shame few can get paid to play devils advocate because it´s probably my favorite job in the world.
Nut as you say people don´t appreciate a true contrarian nowadays, btw that is still a topic I need to tackle according to my to write list.... damn you almost made me think again but I will wait till tomorrow it´s Sunday and thy shall be lazy on the day of the lord..whoever he may be.
It looks like most of the videos aren't available in my area. I went ahead and added the playlist to my Spotify though. I have a band I was listening to yesterday and I can't remember if I found them on my own or if you mentioned them. If it was the former, you should check them out. Pale Waves.
Oh darn, yeah makes sense as the rights are of course with that Euro organization. Glad that I ad the Spotify list as well that is good to know!
And nope does not ring a bell, oh darn yes they do. of course they do I had to have a look but they have that television romance song I played a couple weeks ago. And a very pleasant pop-rock sound!!
Okay, I figured it was from you, but then again I never know with the Spotify algorithm sometimes!
I think the Croatian song has a good chance of winning.
I think it has a lot of momentum but did not do it for me clearly as it did not make my top 10 !LOLZ Right now I don´t even think the Dutch guy will be allowed on stage tonight but I would love Bambi to win, that was 3 min of pure pleasure but I guess after Hardrock Hallelujah it might not work again
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